AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Every driver has wanted to drop their car off with the valet on a night
out but couldn’t because they didn’t have any cash. And every business
owner has wanted to know what the night’s business looked like in real
time without waiting for a lengthy report to be produced the next day.
Convenience for the customer and control for the business owner – this
is what Flash Valet introduced today for the parking industry.

Flash Valet founders came up with the idea after a family member
complained of a wait for her car that lasted longer than the business
meeting she had at a hotel. With a strong background in technology and
mobile payments, they knew they could create a product that improved the
customer experience. But they quickly discovered it wasn’t just the
customers that were negatively impacted by the paper-based industry.
Parking providers were also struggling with costly hardware systems,
managing cash-based revenue streams, and various other manual processes.
And thus, Flash Valet was born. Others have offered costly
equipment-based solutions to the industry, but none provide the ease of
installation, implementation and use – and at a low monthly subscription
cost – as does Flash Valet.

Flash Valet gives parking providers the freedom to operate away from
cash registers and paper tickets by channeling communications and
payment through something we have on us all the time--our mobile phones.
Through Flash Valet’s cloud-based system, valet parking providers can
track vehicles in real time to control and boost revenue, manage
employees’ time and attendance (including integrated payroll reports),
and offer mobile payment solutions (full list of features available here),
all from one vendor. Valet business owners get real-time visibility into
their business from any device running a browser.

“We saw an industry that could benefit from mobile technology, and knew
its customers – all of us – would love the convenience. So we created
Flash Valet to bring an industry that is mostly cash and paper-based
into the mobile space,” said Juan Rodriguez, CEO of Flash Valet. “The
app is easy to install, quick to set up, and gives business owners the
ability to boost revenue and control their operations more closely. And
for consumers, it’s VIP all the way.”

For consumers, Flash Valet puts an end to waiting outside or in a line
to get the car out of valet. When you know you’ll be ready to go, simply
text to alert the valet team and your car will be retrieved. You’ll
receive a text back to let you know when your car is ready. Plus, no
more scrambling to find enough cash to pay the valet – Flash Valet
allows for mobile payments (including the tip) with a credit card or via
PayPal.

Since it only requires a mobile phone and an app, installation and
implementation of Flash Valet is quick and easy – no servers, hardware
or multi-day installations needed. The mobility of the system means
valet providers can manage the entire business from the curb, across
town, or across the country. And every employee knows what is happening
and what is needed at all times.

About Flash Valet

Flash Valet provides a mobile management solution to the valet parking
industry that enables it, for the first time, to keep its finger on the
pulse of business as it happens. The centralized Flash Valet solution is
easy to implement, easy to use and easy to scale because it relies on
that one thing we all have – our mobile phones. Parking providers can
boost their bottom line, optimize their operations and bring the
ultimate VIP experience to every customer just by working with Flash
Valet.